Who is Phillip Schofield’s brother Tim? This Morning star’s younger sibling accused of ‘sexually abusing schoolboy’
PHILLIP Schofield’s brother has appeared in court over a three-year campaign of attacks on a schoolboy, but he denies all charges.
Timothy Schofield stood in the dock on March 27, 2023.
Who is Tim Schofield and how old is he?
Tim is a civilian police worker and the brother of This Morning star Phillip Schofield.
He is 54 years old – seven years younger than Philip – but the court heard how the pair “had not been particularly close growing up”.
Tim has appeared on This Morning and was previously given behind the scenes access to Dancing on Ice, both of which are presented by his brother.
What is Tim Schofield accused of?
Tim is accused of 11 charges of interfering with a child which started when the victim was just a teen.
It is understood to have carried out the attacks between October 2016 and October 2019 while working for Avon and Somerset Police.
The most serious charge involved a sex act with the teenager.
The other alleged offences include forcing the child to watch pornography and watch him while he “engaged in a sexual activity”.
Opening the case for the prosecution, Peter Stellard said on Monday: “The defendant is seven years younger than Phillip and they had not been particularly close growing up, however in December 2019 the defendant told his brother he was gay.
“According to Phillip the defendant travelled up that day [September 2021] and he was extremely agitated.
“His brother described him as very angry and distressed. The defendant also told his brother that he was impotent.
“The defendant then said his brother would hate him for what he was about to say, his brother said that he wouldn’t and then the defendant said he had their time together and that last year they had watched porn and w***** together.”
Schofield of Bath, Somerset, shook his head as the charges against him were read out, all of which he denies.
What did Phillip Schofield say when Tim confessed?
A court heard how “shocked” Phillip Schofield replied “what did you just say?” after his brother confessed to carrying out a sex act with a teenager.
Timothy went to Phil’s house on September 12, 2021, and admitted he had “time” with the teenager where they watched porn and performed sex acts together.
This Morning star Phillip replied: “What the hell is time? That should never happen again.”